Britain Unlikely to Review Comcast’s $30 Billion Sky Deal

Decision would remove hurdle for U.S. cable firm in monthslong takeover battle

LONDON—Britain is unlikely to open an antitrust review into Comcast Corp.’s $30 billion bid for U.K. pay-television company Sky PLC, a senior government official said Monday, removing a hurdle for the cable firm in a takeover battle that also includes 21st Century Fox Inc. and Walt Disney Co.

U.K. Culture Secretary Matt Hancock said he had told both Comcast and Sky that he was “not minded to” intervene in the proposed merger. That wording, used by British politicians to indicate a likely outcome, isn’t binding. Mr. Hancock...